Jamie Marsh-Smith was involved in a street war between rival London gangs, the Old Bailey heard.

A contract killer with a Freddy Krueger inspired nickname is facing life in prison after murdering a gang boss and shooting his getaway driver.

Jamie Marsh-Smith, 23, was hired to kill Zafer Eren, of the Tottenham Turks gang, by rivals the Hackney Turks in a London street war, jurors were told.

He had been recruited by the Turkish gangsters because he came from outside their community and would not be suspected by the police, the Old Bailey heard.

Days after the murder in April last year, Marsh-Smith then tried to kill his accomplice and co-defendant in the case, Samuel Zerei.

Marsh-Smith, of Manor House, north London, was convicted of murder and two counts of attempted murder following a trial.

His nickname "Freddy" is taken from the main character in the popular Nightmare On Elm Street horror films, who kills people in their dreams with a razor sharp glove.

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Jamie Marsh-Smith, nick named "Freddy", has been convicted of murder and attempted murder after a gangland shooting

Zerei, 21, of Newington Green, north London, was also convicted of murder while Marsh-Smith's half-brother Wayne McNeish, 23, of Hampstead, north London, was convicted of perverting the course of justice by helping him flee London after the shootings.

The jury took around 36 hours to reach majority verdicts on the three men and are still considering charges against two other defendants.

During the trial, prosecutor Edward Brown QC said the violence dated back to December 2012 when Marsh-Smith tried to kill the murdered gangster's cousin Inan Eren on his doorstep.

Then Marsh-Smith shot dead Zafer Eren as he went into the block of flats in Southgate where he lived.

The masked gunman fired seven shots and hit him three times in the back before walking to his getaway car.